This is what Americans *don't* want in their president

[bryan]

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[DocMelonhead]

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[WalterPlinge]

@JojoJones

The crazies’ roles are to pull the dialog far right (or left).

Yes, that was the intent of my statement. The actual presidential race will be between moderates from both parties. The real tragedy is that those moderates are too far to the right of where they should be.

@daneel

I guess we’ll see what Sanders manages to achieve. But it didn’t seem like Kuchinich managed anything, and I can’t think of any other recent candidates who’d count as left.

It’s hard to say, since I don’t know what you mean by “achieve”. This way, Clinton will at least have to pay lip service to the left-leaning wing of the Democratic party. However, if you’re expecting some kind of significant ideological shift, I’m pretty sure you’ll be disappointed.

[morcheeba]

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[anon27822705]

Finally, Catholics are more feared than black people!

[LDoBe]

Yeah, I got confused by the wording because I literally had just woken up and the first thing I do is check the BBS to see how much trouble I’m in.

[popobawa4u]

@daneel

I can’t think of any other recent candidates who’d count as left.

If you could pick between voting for either a Democrat or a leftist, which would you choose?

[miasm]

For the disaffected baby-boomer every vote is a protest vote.

[Scott_Urban]

Top of my list:

• no psychopaths
• no Kardashians
• no Floridians

[sdmikev]

@LDoBe

Atheists? You mean the group that Pew says is the second most-hated demo in the US just slightly less reviled than rapists?

I don’t see an atheist being elected president until such a time as all or most candidates are atheists and the sane, thinking, religious people don’t have a reasonable choice besides an atheist, because the christians running would be the kind of people who promise to kickoff armageddon by inciting a nuclear war.

One nice thing I like about Sanders is that he’s pretty much quiet about all the religious crap.
In fact, he (among others) in the 113th Congress scored a big giant goose egg from Ralph Reed’s fundie horse shit weirdo group that rates reps and senators.
I’d wear that as a badge of honor…

[newliminted]

[oldtaku]

That’s a good list! Except for the Kardashians (good call) there is a lot of overlap between that one and mine.

[davide405]

Well, pretty much yes. The tribal impulse is strong enough that 2 out of 3 of the “R” voters could stay home, and that would only make it an actual contest.

[bytehead]

Damn, I’ve been found out!

[lolipop_jones]

@Boundegar

primary voters have shown again and again they’re happy to choose the maddest hatter in the race.

That must be the reason why Herman Cain and Ron Paul and Michelle Bachman all outlasted Mitt Romney last time around???

[lolipop_jones]

@billstewart

Clinton’s going to be the Democratic candidate This Time For Sure

Maybe, maybe not. Since “Relentless, Dedicated Lifelong Grifter” was not one of the surveyed characteristics, we can’t for sure tell from this particular poll.

[pbasch]

I don’t see Sanders and Kucinich as similar at all. Yes, their politics are lefty. But Sanders seems like a canny, hard-nosed politico, whereas Kucinich seems like a fruitcake. I don’t think for a moment that Sanders will win, and I don’t think he’ll “pull Hillary to the left.” More likely, he’ll be a foil allowing her to appeal to the center-right by opposition to him.